白居易·《同李十一醉忆元九》英译

花时同醉破春愁，醉折花枝当酒筹。

忽忆故人天际去，计程今日到梁州。

Thinking of Yuan Zhen While Drinking with Li Eleventh

Bai Juyi

We drink beneath the flowers to drown vernal grief;

I pluck a branch in blossom to write on a leaf,

Thinking of our friend who has gone far, far away;